villagefool
Re:Show HN: I built a thing
on Saturday November 03, 2012 @06:53PM (#4738172)
A similar 'thing' done using SMS (by Hilary Mason in 2010), code included http://www.hilarymason.com/blog/sms-to-e-mail-gateway-the-sm...
Re:A life less posted
on Friday November 02, 2012 @08:38PM (#4735473)
Putting aside the issue of posting about oneself, I wonder if there is research data whether not keeping track of others/society makes one less achieving or more...
Re:Information Hiding: Steganography done with JavaScript
on Saturday October 06, 2012 @09:14AM (#4620424)
Where can I get that shirt?
Every professor is a startup
Re:Search Big Data in Five Minutes with Pig, Wonderdog and ElasticSearch
on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @04:09PM (#4225874)
Agreed, the actuall time measurements are missing for the comparison.
Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun)
on Thursday June 21, 2012 @04:30PM (#4144044)
By the way, how much of this post is IndexTank's own story?
Re:Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun)
on Thursday June 21, 2012 @04:00PM (#4143928)
A bit ironic that he sarcastically referees to HN as "Hacker Noise" but then at the end invites people to discuss the post on it.
Re:Dropbox' Public/ folders will be phased out soon
on Friday June 15, 2012 @08:20AM (#4116082)
>> - put media specific folders in the public folder (maybe at different price tiers) and turn it into a flickr/soundcloud/youtube competitor!
Is it really a good idea to open multiple fronts against services which are 'pro' at what they do?
Windows Azure Dance Routine
Do Not Change Twitter's Logo
Ask HN: Event loop vs. Threads
Hello, At my work place we have a lot of legacy C++ code that uses threads to parallelize things. We are considering to switch to Node.js and searching for sources comparing the Event loop model vs. a threads based one from perspectives such as the following: efficiency, ease of maintenance, etc. Would be thankful for any references to good constructive material.EDIT: more details about the...
Re:Ask HN: Web crawler generator
on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @10:09AM (#3948620)
Interesting service, never heard of it.
I am actually looking for a library/framework rather than service, I was hoping there is some "visual editor" for defining what to scrape/crawl and simplify the building process.
Ask HN: Web crawler generator
I am looking for a web crawler generator, that I could prototype what I would like to crawl using a visual dom explorer type of interface, is there such a thing? anything recommended? Thanks
Re:Learning to Program: Why Python?
on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @06:54PM (#3946194)
But that doesn't explain why Python and not C#. Can't a C# programmer be up-and-running with Python in a day or two too?
Re:Gmvault: gmail backup. Liberate your emails
on Monday May 07, 2012 @12:52PM (#3939812)
"After that Gmvault will automatically authenticate itself using the credentials stored in $HOME/.gmvault (or %HOME%/.gmvault for Windows). " how are the credentials stored offline?
Re:Introducing Google Drive... yes, really
on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @08:09AM (#3888718)
Is there an online open archive of YC applications?
Re:We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m
on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @07:47AM (#3883472)
You are profitable, and have a large base of users. So what is the funding for?
Can someone please explain what "...Kevin came to it organically based on the Burbn data" means?
Re:Show HN: Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework
on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @10:01AM (#3827555)
Trying to read your docs and examples to figure what is in the framework (Leaderboard is a Meteor object?) and how it works. An image showing the sequence/flow of data between client/server/framework/and user code, would of helped a lot.
Re:Instagram’s founder, a marketer who learned to code at night
on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @06:16AM (#3821502)
Is it still true? can you actually do much nowdays (in that scale) on a cheap PC? it seems like heavy machines/cloud access is crucial
Re:Elite trade engine in C
on Monday April 09, 2012 @12:05AM (#3815784)
didn't those guys hear about Github ;)
Re:Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 2 Notes
on Saturday April 07, 2012 @10:59AM (#3811026)
Sorry for the ignorance, but who is Nolan that is listed as the second lecturer of the course? (tried Googling)
Re:Rick Falkvinge and his "a bit slow full-duplex 100Mbit" Internet Co...
on Saturday April 07, 2012 @07:27AM (#3810591)
You only have two eyes, so why so many screens? just flip desktops...
Re:Google co-founder Sergey Brin spotted wearing Project Glass prototy...
on Friday April 06, 2012 @09:08AM (#3806982)
In the image he looks like a borg.
Re:How do you take breaks? Try singles Bughouse
on Thursday April 05, 2012 @03:45PM (#3804262)
Did I miss something? on 2:04 the player on the right takes a piece that has been removed and returns it to the end of the board. Is that legit?
Re:There's no speed limit (2009)
on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @11:21AM (#3761956)
This is the second time today that I hear about Askolo, seems more then a quincidence (heavy PR going on?).
How are they different from Quora?
Re:Why you should choose an ambitious startup idea
on Sunday March 11, 2012 @05:02PM (#3691279)
Where can that data be found if it is publicly available?
Re:Pinterest, We Have a Problem
on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @07:06PM (#3677957)
Funny thing is that Pinterest in their terms of service are asking people to follow rules they are breaking for other services...
Re:Show HN: Stash, a graph-based cache for Node.js and Redis
on Saturday March 03, 2012 @07:43PM (#3661569)
Where can an example for how to use such cacheing in when serving pages using node be found? Sorry, first time I am hearing about this...